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Definition of adopted : 1. of Adopt
2. Taken by adoption; taken up as one's own; as, an adopted son, citizen, country, word.

Synonyms:

babysitter, emigrant, adopt, immigrant, immigration, emigre, babysit, asylum, refugee, adoption, care, exile, migrant, au pair, expatriate, residence, adoption agency, adoptive, care order

judged, liked, chose, decided, fancied, chosen, favored, espoused, determined, preferred, elected, selected, wished, picked

Usage examples:

• " Much as I wish that some such plan could be adopted, I never press my brother on the subject. - "The Red Rover", James Fenimore Cooper.
• This Buicad and his wife had no children, but they adopted a foster- child named Ethne, daughter of one Dunlang. - "The High Deeds of Finn and other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland", T. W. Rolleston.
• Have you a young lady with you; an adopted daughter, I believe? - "Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale", Ida Glenwood.